A Case of Acute Necrotizing Esophagitis.
Summary of "A Case of Acute Necrotizing Esophagitis."
Acute necrotizing esophagitis, which presents as a black esophagus on endoscopy, is a rare disorder. We report a case of a 48-year-old male with acute necrotizing esophagitis, associated with alcoholic hepatitis. He was admitted to our hospital because of hematemesis. On initial upper esophagogastroduodenoscopy, diffuse friable black colored mucosa at whole length of the esophagus was observed. After conservative treatment with proton-pump inhibitor, esophageal mucosal lesion was healed without complication.
Affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi
ISSN: 1598-9992
Pages: 373-376
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21173561
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/
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Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing
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Neuromyelitis Optica
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Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute
Mild to fulminant necrotizing vaso-occlusive retinitis associated with a high incidence of retinal detachment and poor vision outcome.
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